Specimen variarum lectionum sacri textus et Chaldaica Estheris additamenta
Subtitle: cum Latina versione ac notis
By: ex singulari codice privatae bibliothecae Pii VI, P.O.M., edidit variisque dissertationibus illustravit Iohannes Bernardus De Rossi ... Accedit eiusdem auctoris appendix De celeberr. Codice tritaplo Samaritano Bibliothecae Barberinae, et Censoris theologi diatribe, qua bibliographiae antiquariae & sacrae critices capita aliquot illustrantur.
Publisher: Sumptibus Venantii Monaldini, bibliopolae ...
Published: 1782
Place of publication: Romae
Language: lat
Number of pages: 480
Subjects: Bibliothèque nationale de France.; Bible. O.T. -- Manuscripts, Hebrew.; Bible. O.T. -- Manuscripts, Aramaic.; Barberini triglot.; Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Rest of Esther -- Criticism, interpretation, etc.
Other titles: Bible. O.T. Apocrypha. Rest of Esther. Aramaic. 1782.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references.
The 2-volume biblical codex which at the time of Rossi's writing was in the library of Pius VI is now ms. hébreu 17-18 of the Bibliothèque nationale de France.
Colophon: Absolutum est hoc opus typis AntoniI FulgoniI Kalendis Sextilibus anni 1782.
The Estheris additamenta (p. 138-161) are in Aramaic with Latin translation on facing pages.
Signatures: a⁸ A-2G⁸.